Calipatria City Council, in Imperial County, California, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 12, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "Calipatria City Council voted 4-0 to advance an interim urgency ordinance for a temporary 5-year moratorium on large-scale data center approval/permitting/construction — the first Imperial County-area jurisdiction to formally consider… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | pending | May 12, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Imperial County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Imperial County
California context
California has 19 documented local actions across 17 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for California in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.